Christian practises key words

• Agape


  a word used in the bible that describes selfless unconditional love
• baptism 


  the ritual through which people become members of the church
• believers baptism


  initiation into the church by immersion in water
• church 


  the holy people of god and a building in which Christians worship.
• Christmas


  the birth of Jesus
• convert 


  someone who has decided to become committed to a religion and change his or her religious faith
• Easter


  the religious season celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead
• evangelism 


  spreading the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness
• festival


  a day or period of celebration for religious reasons
• holy communion 


  a service of thanksgiving in which the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus
• infant baptism 


  the ritual through babies and young children become members of the church
• informal prayer 


  prayer that is made up by an individual using his or her own words
• informal worship 


  a type of non-liturgical worship sometimes spontaneous
• liturgical worship 


  a church service that follows a set structure or ritual
• mission 


  the vocation or calling of a religious organisation to go out into the world and spread their faith.
• missionary 


  a person sent on a religious mission
• non-conformist


  an English protestant who does not conform
• non-liturgical worship


  a service that does not follow a set text or ritual
• persecution 


  hostility and ill-treatment especially because of race political or religious belief
• pilgrimage 


  a journey by a believer to a holy site for religious reasons
• prayer


  communicating with God
• private worship 


  when a believer praises or honours God on his or her own
• poverty 


  the state of being extremely poor
• reconciliation 


  restoring harmony after relationships have broken down
• sacraments 


  rites and rituals through which the believer receives a special gift of grace
• set prayers 


  prayers that have been written down and said more than once
• street pastor 


  trained volunteers from local churches
• the great commission 


  Jesus's instruction to his followers
• the lords prayer 


  the prayer taught to the disciples by jeses
• worship


  acts of religious praise, honour or devotion